I’ve finally upgraded my ageing Canon EOS 400D up to a 600D. Not new, but newer.

It does HD video, so I thought I’d try it out by recording a ‘Good Luck’ video for my favourite band Raintown’s upcoming wedding tomorrow.

So, here is Anna performing a verse from ‘Picture Of Us‘. Perhaps not an ideal wedding song, but I couldn’t be bothered explaining that to her

For a 10 minute effort involving a performing child, it didn’t turn out too badly. Apart from my dodgy zoom at the end, she got too close and I tried to zoom out. Ah, the pressure. It was the final take, dinner was ready!

Well, BT Openreach have finally given a date for my line to be upgraded to FTTC. Next May! That’s a fair bit further out than I hoped, but at least the estimated speed is encouraging. Certainly an improvement over the 3.5Mbps I have now. And just in time for my birthday….

After a second call to TMobile customer services, and a second claim to have sorted it out, my next bill appears to have been correct, although a little confusing with discounts and refunds. Let’s hope they are correct from now on.
It even looks like Quidco will be stumping up the £50, although not got final confirmation yet.

A rant for my first post in ages…
Recently took out a 12 month SIM only deal with T-Mobile UK for Emma’s phone, having had to ditch giffgaff when data stopped working – they had no idea why with no hope of fixing. But that’s another rant altogether.

So, I found a great looking deal for unlimited voice, texts and data for £16/month with £50 cashback at Quidco, so I went for that.

Firstly the Quidco tracking didn’t work, so that’s my £11.83 up to £16. Again, don’t get me started on Quidco – nothing over £5 ever works.

Next, I get a bill in from T-Mobile for £26 – the £16 was a special offer, £26 being it’s correct (if massively overpriced) monthly total. So I call them up, they agree that I got the £16 deal, and change it. Or so they claim. £26 is still taken from my bank.

So today, rather than spend all day waiting on the phone, I used their email support form. Much to amusement (not), after submitting that I got this auto-reply. Really.